[ Yi Home 1080p ] No recording being made - v0.3.0 - v0.3.2

[Shourai]

Same as issue: https://github.com/alienatedsec/yi-hack-v5/issues/2

• Updated to 0.3.0
• Formatted the SDcard with the Yi app.
• Recordings are being made while the cloud functionality was still on.
• After turning off the cloud functionality (and turning on recording without cloud), no recordings are being made.
• Enabling watch_process enabled recording.

[alienatedsec]

Thanks for testing @Shourai

Has the watch_process enabled cloud?

[Shourai]

Unfortunately I think it does. After enabling watch_process it also enabled p2p_tnp. Furthermore the cloudAPI is connecting to https://api.eu.xiaoyi.com/v4/ipc/on_line

[alienatedsec]

Furthermore the cloudAPI is connecting to https://api.eu.xiaoyi.com/v4/ipc/on_line

@Shourai this could be fixed in another way. Something for the next release

[Shourai]

Oh I meant that watch_process also enables cloudAPI which then connects to xiaoyi. Doesn't happen when the cloud setting has been disabled though.

So watch_process seems to enable something that allows recording. Or is it just necessary to have cloud enabled?

[murphymorph]

I renamed the files /home/app/cloud, /home/app/cloudAPI and /home/app/cloudAPI_real and then started watch_process again. Then the records are available and no connections are made to the cloud.

[alienatedsec]

@murphymorph renamed to what?

[murphymorph]

I booted the cam with the cloud activated. Then rename it to /home/app/cloud.bak to keep a backup. Then the video are saved and no connection to the cloud is made. But I recognized that it doesn't work after a reboot. :/

[murphymorph]

I started to implement fake cloudAPI. With my Yi Outdoor it is working so far. The videos will be saved and no connections to the cloud are made (as far as I have seen). The script returns fake responses from the cloud.

Cloud anyone test the script?

Replace /home/app/cloudAPI_real with the attached one and the name "cloudAPI_real". At the moment the cloud feature have to enabled.

cloudAPI.txt

[alienatedsec]

@murphymorph thanks. I will commit and test soon.

[alienatedsec]

Replace /home/app/cloudAPI_real with the attached one and the name "cloudAPI_real". At the moment the cloud feature have to enabled.

@murphymorph I will try to incorporate your change to update this code, so if the no cloud settings, it would run your code. I think its better, and it would not require changing cloudAPI_real

There is also a way to create /etc/hosts file and any calls to yi cloud host would be redirected to 127.0.0.1

What are your thoughts?

[murphymorph]

As far as I have seen all calls to the cloud are made through the cloudAPI. So I don't think there is a need for /etc/hosts.

[alienatedsec]

As far as I have seen all calls to the cloud are made through the cloudAPI. So I don't think there is a need for /etc/hosts.

Calls are going through cloudAPI but if you block the domain at the host level (camera), it will not connect but still record(?)

I just need time to test but it is challenging at the moment

[murphymorph]

If you block the domains at host level with /etc/hosts, the camera doesn't store the videos (at least in my case). cloud keeps calling cloudAPI, but nothing more happens.

[l-Legacy-l]

Any news on that issue ?

[alienatedsec]

Not at the moment - another build is likely to fix it

[Rushmed]

Hi thanks for your work. I am still not able to record video to SD with having cloud disabled. V0.3.2 Outdoor Cam

[alienatedsec]

Hi @Rushmed that would be correct. Pull request #50 should fix it but there were more important issues to fix with 0.3.2.

Thanks for your patience

[bluehz]

Still watching this issue, my 27US is also crashing overnight but havent determined reason.

[papagdog]

Is this project still in alive? Just curious. I have 2 yi outdoor 1080p 9CUS cams that won't record unless the cloud is enabled. I've read through the comments on a possible solution, but I'm not sure where to start. Any insight would be much appreciated.

[alienatedsec]

@papagdog

https://github.com/alienatedsec/yi-hack-v5/issues/88#issuecomment-1088595542

[g1za]

Try to have a look here #164 It worked for me.

[alienatedsec]

fixed with 0.3.5 - please upgrade to 0.3.6